Ludmila Aleksejeva

• Head of Department at Daugavpils University

Resulting marketing and engineering product goals require engineering and marketing to be interconnected, as the unity of engineering innovation and its marketing leads to product market success. Sustainability affects product market success. The aim of this study is to explore the need for engineers' marketing skills, both theoretically and empiri...

Time is a non-renewable resource. This feature highlights the research significance for the whole sector of education in all countries. The research aim is to analyse scientific literature on time in education underpinning the links between external and internal time. The research is exploratory. It includes theoretical explorations and theoretical...

Purpose and aim of the study: The paper’s aim is to describe and analyse best practices in use of chess as an educational tool for enhancing disadvantaged groups’ social inclusion and employment in selected European countries. Design / Methodology / Approach: The methodology of descriptive research and study was employed in the present research. A...

This handbook aims to support teachers and teacher trainers in different educational sectors (on the one hand, school, vocational, higher and adult; and, on the other hand, formal, non-formal and informal) in their online teaching to learners, including disadvantaged ones, for their skills‘ improvement in green sustainable ecosystems and increasing...

Chess game as a means of the enhancement of inclusiveness of disadvantaged groups is attracting more and more attention from chess federations, social workers, youth trainers, etc. The aim of this work is to analyse scientific literature to establish conceptual and theoretical inter-connections between disadvantaged groups' inclusion, chess game, a...

STEM COIL (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Collaborative Online International Learning) is an emerging research and education area. This research was enabled by the research question: Is the STEM COIL model designed right? The work aim is to verify the STEM COIL model underpinning the evaluation of the pilot study carried out in L...

Public organizations, including the armed forces, like other employers, are looking for candidates for soldiers and military personnel in the labor market. Taking into account the attributes that make up the attractiveness of an employer and their interdependence, a study was carried out in the course of which the aim was to find out how one of the...

Prediction on emotions in Education 2050 is both an important problem and a guiding force behind the search for the inter-connections that underlie natural and social phenomena. The aim of this work is to analyse the links and regularities between emotions and Education 2050. The present research is prognostic. The methodology in the present work i...

Education can be enhanced via the application of the categorization method. Emotions’ categorization has been well addressed by the scientific community. However, research on emotions carried out in different disciplines enriches the existing knowledge with new findings and novel scientific contributions. The research aims at analysing scientific l...

Following on from a previous paper advocating changes in the editorial processes of peer-reviewed journals, the present paper espouses the conduct of multiple local victimisation surveys as an affordable route to a pan-European crime science. Local surveys have a local impact which national surveys lack, and meta-analysis of survey results enable m...

A bstract In Latvia's primary school, English learning starts from the first grade. English is a first foreign language in school education in Latvia. However, the use of online game platforms in teaching English in primary school in Latvia is under-explored. The aim of the study is to analyze teachers' experience in their use of online game platfo...

Higher education institutions are the important chain in provision of the inter-connections between the workforce (school graduates, youth, or adults), representatives from different economic sectors, experts from research and innovation development organisations, and all the interested contributors. The research purpose is to build a new developme...

The phenomenon of cigarette smuggling and corruption has become a very sensitive topic for responsible law enforcement authorities and reporting entities. The issue needs to be addressed effectively and systematically regardless of the overall economic, financial and fiscal situation in the country. Preventing and mitigating the constant threat pos...

This is the first of two papers addressing language barriers in criminological discourse. The present paper rehearses arguments for comparative criminological research and identifies the administrative processes of journals leading to acceptance or rejection role of language as a contributory factor acting against the interests of those lacking flu...

As green sustainable ecosystems are becoming increasingly complex, the cross-sectoral STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education has attracted a lot of attention in the scientific and educational community. Hyflex (Hybrid Flexible) collaboration in conditions of COVID-19 restrictions has become an indispensable tool in STEM c...

Sustainable development goals in education foresee availability of education among others. Availability of educational services exactly near to living place is significant for reaching sustainable development goals. Although, availability of educational services near to living place requires investments and clear understanding of possible demand fo...

Smart development is a problem examined by many research studies, and the scientists note that the concept of smart economy becomes increasingly popular in scientific and practical strategy documents. The documents refer to small and medium enterprises implementing the Industrial Revolution 4.0 as smart companies, which are the basis of economic gr...

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The COVID-19 pandemic has essentially accelerated the pace of the teaching transformation. Mixed (also hyflex) class teaching has become indispensable in medical, engineering, teacher and other fields of education when only online teaching is not enough to ensure the continuity of the instruction. The research aim is to identify scenarios of mixed...

Modern university study programmes at a master level strengthens the regional development as well as economics. A master study programme design is based on a multi-sided needs analysis (Zascerinska, Melnikova, Ahrens, 2020). A multi-sided needs analysis includes the views and opinions of experts, students, teaching staff, and community (including I...

The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics and common features of the foreign direct investment (FDI) impact on foreign trade development in the Visegrad Group countries (the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic), to determine trade-related effects of FDI in the economies and the facto...

Teacher leadership from the perspective of school principals and teachers was analysed. However, teacher leader from the pre-primary and primary school children perspective has not been investigated. The research aim is to analyse pre-primary and primary school children opinion on teacher leader underpinning the elaboration of implications for teac...

Digital skills of refugee migrants during job orientation were mostly assessed in the implemented research. The aim of the research to analyse adult learners' digital skills for entrepreneurship underpinning the implementation of digital skills' self-evaluation by adult learners with migrant background in a host European country. The empirical stud...

Education in Greenland is a central parameter in achieving the long-term goals of the Government in terms of providing the population with the necessary means to take up positions as skilled labour. The research aim is to implement theoretical and empirical analysis of adult education in Greenland underpinning the identification of challenges and o...

The global outbreak of COVID-19 has led to the unprecedented changes in people's lives including business. Higher education serves as the key tool for preparation of prospective traders and investors in both the European Union and African Union. The purpose of the present contribution is to analyse the system of the external and internal perspectiv...

Teaching problem solving skills is essential for the continuous training of university teachers. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on the improvement of teachers’ skills in problem-based teaching. The aim of the paper is to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the enhancement of university teachers’ skills in proble...

During the 2018–2020 period Klaipeda University (Lithuania), the University of Latvia, the Centre for Education and Innovation Research (Latvia), the University of Tartu (Estonia) and the Folkuniversitetet Kristianstad adult education organisation (Sweden) implemented adult educators’ competence training for the development of immigrant and asylum...

Green energy is promoted via education and training. In education, concepts are the cornerstone in knowledge creation. Comparative analysis in the present paper assists in the discovery of patterns of processes of conceptual change. The aim of this paper is to compare processes of conceptual change underpinning the enhancement of implementation of...

The correspondence between ICT master programmes and requirements of ICT companies is shaped via needs analysis. The research aim: The aim of the present paper is to analyse the empirical results of the study of needs of ICT companies, underpinning the elaboration of implications on ICT master programmes. The primary methods used: Exploratory resea...

Adult education has been criticized for its lack of focus on sociocultural aspects of individual learners, largely ignoring the importance of cultural identity to the learning process. The paper's aim is to investigate culturally responsive teaching of immigrants in adult education, theoretically and empirically underpinning the implementation of a...

ANNOTATION Self-presentation implies identity construction. A method for self-presentation and identity construction closely connected with recruitment and employment is biography writing. The study aims to analyse students' written biographies underpinning formulation of language guidelines on writing a biography as a means of self-presentation fo...

The achievement of high production and economic results in the economic entities of the mining industry in Bulgaria is possible only through the elaboration of an effective system for management of the subordinate personnel. In the context of the systematic approach, it is of paramount importance to outline the factors for subordinate staff managem...

Teaching problem solving skills is essential for the continuous training of university teachers. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic ef-based teaching. The aim of the paper is to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the enhancement of-based teaching underpinning the implementation of the empirical analysis carried out within...

Reaching the aims of economic and regional development is facilitated by science growth. In order to strengthen the science efforts in implementing the development of regional economics, the number of our modern society’s members who associate themselves with scientific community has to be increased. One of the means of increasing the number of sc...

Regional development and economics are inter-related. Building university capacity strengthens regional development as well as economics. One of the way for building university capacity is to design and implement modern educational programmes. As digital economics is increasingly becoming the economy itself (OECD, 2014), universities have to offer...

The article reveals the concept of digital entrepreneurship and its framework for education of immigrants and asylum seekers in Baltic Sea countries. The research has been carried out in the boundaries of the Nordplus Adult project with participation of partner organisations from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden. As stated in the article, digi...

In order to achieve the aim of Kazakhstan’s progressive development of the digital ecosystem, higher education sector has to harmonize ICT study programmes in accordance with updated professional standards and industry requirements for preparation of specialists. As competencies and skills permanently change, competencies and skills are to be enhan...

INTRODUCTION In the light of ageing European population and workforce, the recent economic downturns and the labour market's increased flexibility (Maniscalco, 2013), non-formal adult education is becoming a hot topic for the educational policy's agenda of the European Union. The research question is as follows: What is non-formal adult education i...

Adult education has become a priority for reaching the objectives of the Europe 2020 such as smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. In order to ensure Europe’s success and enhance employability, the impact of non-formal adult education has to be improved as the demand for non-formal education increases with regard to learning at any time and loca...

The special issue dealt with issues that were primarily having a global perspective reflecting the status of language teaching in different contexts such as integrating technology, discourse analysis of e-politeness, teacher education, the effect of teaching techniques on learners’ autonomy, English for academic purposes, multimodal teaching, th...

Modern Europe is considered within such three strategic priorities (Moedas, 2015) as Open Innovation, Open Science, and Openness to the World. These three strategic priorities put a particular emphasis on the construction of students’ scientific identity. The guiding research question is as follows: What is the relationship between students’ scient...

Introduction. Three strategic priorities such as Open Innovation, Open Science, and Openness to the World in the European Union reveal that higher education focused on training of students as prospective specialists needed by society and production requires use of role models that are often said to be a key to successful development of young aspiri...

The “E-process in e-learning” project was conducted in the years 2014-2016 thanks to funding within ERASMUS+ Programme. The concept of that project arose as a result of reflection that everyone who teaches adults, namely trainers, educators or teachers had an occasion to use ICT tools / e-learning in the process of education. Partners from 4 Europ...

The Europe’s 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth is focused on three priorities (European Commission, 2010a, p. 12): - Smart growth – developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation, - Sustainable growth – promoting a more resource efficient, greener and more competitive economy, and - Inclusive growth – fostering a h...

In the light of ageing European population and workforce, the recent economicdownturns and the labour market’s increased flexibility (Maniscalco, 2013), non-formal adult education is becoming a hot topic for the educational policy’s agenda ofthe European Union. The research question is as follows: What is non-formal adulteducation in Latvia? The pu...

The paradigm has changed from global business to hybrid business. The aim of the research is to analyse hybrid business underpinning elaboration of an approach to hybrid business management. The meaning of the key concepts of hybrid business and approach is studied. Moreover, the study demonstrates how the key concepts are related to the idea of hy...

With the globalization of higher education, foreign language is the medium of instruction. As attitude towards foreign language is inter-related with levels of achievements, many efforts were made to analyze attitudes towards foreign language in educational research. The present research investigates the roots of attitudes in order to determine cri...

Problem Statement: For modernisation of teacher education and training, teachers' efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency of educational process, classroom management including classroom discipline, etc have been analysed. Against this background, quality of student teachers' performance in the classroom is essentially required as it determines the...

Language has attracted a lot of research efforts as many researchers agree that language plays a significant role in society: “the key to the evolution of human consciousness and society lies in the linguistic mediation of consciousness” (Lee, 1987, 104). The aim of the research is to analyse languaging underpinning elaboration of a question on app...

Introduction. Modern trends in the society development ensure tertiary curriculum development. Currently, enterprise is considered as a basis for prosperity and economic development. Enterprise contributes to new and better jobs in new industries and offers potential solutions for the quality, maintenance and sustainable development of services. Th...

Introduction. Individuals need communicative competence for personal fulfillment and development, active citizenship, social inclusion and employment (Commission of the European Communities, 2006, 3). The aim of the study is to analyze the development of students’ communicative competence in language education underpinning analysis of efficiency o...

The paradigm shifts from the individual dimension to the social dimension of term ontogenesis in educational research discourse. The aim of the study is to analyze results of the ontogenesis of the term „language” in educational research discourse. The meaning of key concepts of “term” and ”ontogenesis” is studied. Moreover, the study demonstrates...

Traditionally, police officers’ professional outcomes are assessed. However, the paradigm has changed from assessment to evaluation. The aim of the research is to analyze the methodology of evaluation of police officers’ professional outcomes underpinning evaluation of police officers’ learning achievements. The meaning of the key concepts of profe...

Communication plays a significant role in police officers’ professional life as it is mediated via communication. However, success of communication is shaped by factors. The aim of the present research is to analyse factors that influence communication in police officers’ professional life from the pedagogical perspective. The meaning of the key co...

Plurilinguism and professionalisation are inter-related: professionalisation is based on the linguistic mediation. Moreover, linguistic mediation of professionalisation is placed within the stable understanding of the unity of all language (Robbins, 2007). Teachers’ professionalisation is promoted by formal, non-forma and informal language educatio...

Introduction. The modern issues of global developmental trends require contemporary police officers to become more cognizant and more responsive to the emerging needs of human safety in the constantly changing environment. Education provides student police officers with the appropriate skills and competences for innovation based on creativity. Cont...